By the time the end came, the two duelling grandmasters had been dancing in New York for nearly three weeks. But Magnus Carlsen, the 26-year-old Norwegian prodigy, kept his crown as chess's world champion, emerging victorious in rapid tiebreakers after a dogged challenge from Sergey Karjakin, a Russian prodigy of the same age. In doing so Mr Carlsen, who won the title from Viswanathan Anand, an Indian grandmaster, in 2013, solidified his claim as the strongest chess player in history. He has already broken Garry Kasparov's record for highest chess rating ever.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 03 2016, @10:11PM
Nice finish. Anyone who has spent time playing chess can appreciate Carlsen's winning move. [slate.com]
It's debatable whether the move deserves two exclamations. Sure is pretty though.
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Sunday December 04 2016, @12:10AM
Thanks for the link, the end of the article really helps visualize the final move to someone not familiar with competitive chess.
(Score: 1) by charon on Sunday December 04 2016, @12:17AM
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @06:06AM
That knockout combination reminds me of two famous games from the 19th century won by Adolf Anderssen, the Immortal Game and the Evergreen Game. You might want to look them up; each has multiple presentations online.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @04:11PM
Like the article mentions, it's not even Qh6 that's the amazing move but Rc8+ several moves back. He had to foresee a variety of different defensive possibilities for black. Kh7 (which allows the Qh6+) was just one of them. Look at the position and if white doesn't immediately mate black in this position he's losing by force himself with black ready to give checkmate as well. Oh and he had less than 2 minutes remaining on the clock when he played the combination start a few moves back with Rc8+!!